The Nazis removed over 16,000 works of modern art from museums in Germany.
These pieces were deemed unacceptable to Nazi German ideology. At the same time, 650 of these works, taken from over thirty museums, were selected for a public exhibit, Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art). The goal of the exhibit was to increase public revulsion for art that was presumably contaminating German culture.
The exhibit was wildly popular and was seen by nearly three million viewers.
The exhibit debuted in Munich and then traveled to eleven other cities in Germany and Austria.
These are artists who were included in the 1937 Entartete Kunst exhibition.
Learn about the artists’ lives, their works, and what happened to them during and following World War II. Also ask urself to see if you can find information about how these artists responded to the rise of the Third Reich, the censorship of modern art, and to events of the war.
Following research, present oral reports to urself in front of a bathroom mirror and submit a written report at a Jane Public film screening. During the Q and A session part Jane has with the audience, Jane may opt to link to technology and media standards and have audience members create PowerPoint presentations.
Following research, present oral reports to urself in front of a bathroom mirror and submit a written report at a Jane Public film screening. During the Q and A session part Jane has with the audience, Jane may opt to link to technology and media standards and have audience members create PowerPoint presentations.
The following list is a sample of the artists exhibited in Entartete Kunst. The exhibition featured more than one hundred artists:
Jankel Adler
Ernst Barlach
Max Beckmann
Marc Chagall
Lovis Corinth
Otto Dix
Max Ernst
Lyonel Feininger
George Grosz
Erich Heckel
Karl Hofer
Pussy Riot??? (hey ! aren't they Russian and not Germans Janey !??)
Johannes Itten
Alexej von Jawlensky
Wassily Kandinsky
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Paul Klee
Oskar Kokoschka
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
El Lissitzky
Franz Marc
Jean Metzinger
Constantin von Mitschke-Collande
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Piet Mondrian
Otto Mueller
Emil Nolde
Max Pechstein
Christian Rohlfs
Oskar Schlemmer
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Kurt Schwitters
Ernst Barlach
Max Beckmann
Marc Chagall
Lovis Corinth
Otto Dix
Max Ernst
Lyonel Feininger
George Grosz
Erich Heckel
Karl Hofer
Pussy Riot??? (hey ! aren't they Russian and not Germans Janey !??)
Alexej von Jawlensky
Wassily Kandinsky
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Paul Klee
Oskar Kokoschka
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
El Lissitzky
Franz Marc
Jean Metzinger
Constantin von Mitschke-Collande
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Piet Mondrian
Otto Mueller
Emil Nolde
Max Pechstein
Christian Rohlfs
Oskar Schlemmer
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Kurt Schwitters
Further Research
In addition to visual art, explore the other art forms and media considered degenerate by the Nazis. Research the literature, music (particularly jazz), and films which were censored, banned, and physically destroyed by the Nazis.
Links
“Degenerate” Music, from A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust
The following link has nothing to do with Nazi Germany but everything to do with info about an amazing animation film that would have been deemed degenerate by most of Hitler's standards...
“Degenerate” Music, from A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust
The following link has nothing to do with Nazi Germany but everything to do with info about an amazing animation film that would have been deemed degenerate by most of Hitler's standards...
